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Justia Regulation Tracker Department Of Homeland Security Coast Guard Security Zones; Sabine Bank Channel, Sabine Pass Channel and Sabine-Neches Waterway, TX, 1519-1521 [2011-172]
Security Zones; Sabine Bank Channel, Sabine Pass Channel and Sabine-Neches Waterway, TX, 1519-1521 [2011-172]
Download as PDF emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 11, 2011 / Rules and Regulations (b) A furlough will only be approved if an inmate agrees to the following conditions and understands that, while on furlough, he/she: (1) Remains in the legal custody of the U.S. Attorney General, in service of a term of imprisonment; (2) Is subject to prosecution for escape if he/she fails to return to the institution at the designated time; (3) Is subject to institution disciplinary action, arrest, and criminal prosecution for violating any condition(s) of the furlough; (4) May be thoroughly searched and given a urinalysis, breathalyzer, and other comparable test, during the furlough or upon return to the institution, and must pre-authorize the cost of such test(s) if the inmate or family members are paying the other costs of the furlough. The inmate must pre-authorize all testing fee(s) to be withdrawn directly from his/her inmate deposit fund account; (5) Must contact the institution (or United States Probation Officer) in the event of arrest, or any other serious difficulty or illness; and (6) Must comply with any other special instructions given by the institution. (c) While on furlough, the inmate must not: (1) Violate the laws of any jurisdiction (federal, state, or local); (2) Leave the area of his/her furlough without permission, except for traveling to the furlough destination, and returning to the institution; (3) Purchase, sell, possess, use, consume, or administer any narcotic drugs, marijuana, alcohol, or intoxicants in any form, or frequent any place where such articles are unlawfully sold, dispensed, used, or given away; (4) Use medication that is not prescribed and given to the inmate by the institution medical department or a licensed physician; (5) Have any medical/dental/surgical/ psychiatric treatment without staff's written permission, unless there is an emergency. 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[FR Doc. 2011–281 Filed 1–10–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–05–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165 [Docket No. USCG–2009–0316] RIN 1625–AA87 Security Zones; Sabine Bank Channel, Sabine Pass Channel and SabineNeches Waterway, TX Coast Guard, DHS. Final rule. AGENCY: ACTION: The Coast Guard is establishing moving security zones for certain vessels for which the Captain of the Port, Port Arthur deems enhanced security measures necessary. In addition, it is establishing security zones encompassing the mooring basins of LNG carriers while they are moored at the Golden Pass LNG facility in Sabine, TX and/or the Sabine Pass LNG facility located in Cameron Parish, LA. DATES: This rule is effective February 10, 2011. ADDRESSES: Comments and material received from the public, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, are part of docket USCG–2009–0316 are available online by going to http:// www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG– 2009–0316 in the ''Keyword'' box, and then clicking ''Search.'' This material is also available for inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M– 30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, call or e-mail Mr. Scott Whalen, Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, TX; telephone 409– 719–5086, e-mail scott.k.whalen@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 1519 Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 9826. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulatory Information On May 27, 2010, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled Security Zones; Sabine Bank Channel, Sabine Pass Channel and Sabine-Neches Waterway, TX in the Federal Register (75 FR 29695). We received one comment on the proposed rule. On October 22, 2010, we then published an interim rule discussing and incorporating the recommendation from that one comment and requesting further comments (75 FR 65232). No public meeting was requested and none was held. Additionally, no comments concerning the interim rule were received. Basis and Purpose The Coast Guard is establishing moving security zones for certain vessels, for which the Captain of the Port deems enhanced security measures are necessary. The purpose of these security zones is to protect certain vessels designated as requiring such enhanced security measures. Mariners will be notified of the activation of a moving security zone around designated vessels by Broadcast Notice to Mariners. Vessels with active moving security zones will also be identified by the presence of escort vessels displaying flashing blue law enforcement lights. The moving security zones would be activated for certain vessels within the U.S. territorial waters through Sabine Bank Channel, Sabine Pass Channel and the Sabine-Neches Waterway, extending from the surface to the bottom. These moving security zones would extend channel edge to channel edge on the Sabine Bank and Sabine Pass Channel and shoreline to shoreline on the Sabine-Neches Waterway, 2 miles ahead and 1 mile astern of the designated vessels while in transit. Meeting, crossing or overtaking situations are not permitted within the security zone unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port. In addition, the Coast Guard is establishing security zones for the mooring basins at the Golden Pass LNG facility in Sabine, TX and the Sabine Pass LNG facility located in Cameron Parish, LA while LNG carriers are moored at these facilities. These security zones are part of a comprehensive port security regime designed to safeguard human life, vessels, and waterfront facilities against sabotage or terrorist attacks. All vessels not exempted under paragraph (b) of § 165.819 would be E:\FR\FM\11JAR1.SGM 11JAR1 1520 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 11, 2011 / Rules and Regulations prohibited from entering or remaining in these security zones unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Port Arthur or his designated representative. For authorization to enter the proposed security zones, vessels can contact the Captain of the Port's on-scene representative or Vessel Traffic Service Port Arthur on VHF Channel 01A or 65A, by telephone at (409) 719–5070, or by facsimile at (409) 719–5090. Background On May 27, 2010 we published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish this security zone regulation. We received one comment on the proposed rule. Based on that comment, the security zone area proposed in the NPRM was extended to include the entire mooring basins for LNG carriers. The Coast Guard concurs with that recommendation and modified the regulatory language accordingly for the interim rule. Additionally, the same commenter noted that the location of the Sabine Pass facility should be changed from Cheneire, LA to Cameron Parish, LA. This change was also incorporated into the interim rule regulatory language. emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with RULES Discussion of Comments and Changes The Coast Guard received no comments concerning the interim rule requesting that the establishment of a security zone extending 100-feet around LNG carriers while moored at Sabine Pass LNG and Golden Pass LNG facilities be extended to include the entire mooring basin. For clarity, the Coast Guard has amended the final rule regulatory text to include ''mooring basin'' as a body of water description for the fixed security zones. Mooring basin as a descriptive term is in addition to the latitude and longitude positions, which are already part of the regulatory text, and does not change the areas included in the fixed security zone. This final rule contains no substantive changes from the interim rule as published. Regulatory Analyses We developed this rule after considering numerous statutes and executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our analyses based on 13 of these statutes or executive orders. Regulatory Planning and Review This rule is not a significant regulatory action under section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and does not require an assessment of potential costs VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:00 Jan 10, 2011 Jkt 223001 and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office of Management and Budget has not reviewed it under that Order. We expect the economic impact of this rule to be so minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation is unnecessary. The basis of this finding is that the proposed fixed security zones around moored LNG carriers are of limited size and duration and the affected area does not hinder or delay regular vessel traffic. The moving security zone is limited and does not create undue delay to vessel traffic because vessel traffic may request permission to enter the zone from the Captain of the Port. Small Entities Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601–612), we have considered whether this rule would have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The term ''small entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000. The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This rule will affect the following entities, some of which might be small entities: The owners or operators of vessels intending to transit through the fixed or moving security zones. The fixed security zones are of limited size and duration and the affected area will not hinder or delay regular vessel traffic. The moving security zone rule will not create undue delay to vessel traffic because vessel traffic may request permission to enter the zone. Assistance for Small Entities Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121), in the NPRM we offered to assist small entities in understanding the rule so that they could better evaluate its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking process. Small businesses may send comments on the actions of Federal employees who enforce, or otherwise determine compliance with, Federal regulations to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman and the Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and rates each agency's responsiveness to small business. If you wish to comment on actions by PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 employees of the Coast Guard, call 1–888–REG–FAIR (1–888–734–3247). The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small entities that question or complain about this rule or any policy or action of the Coast Guard. Collection of Information This rule calls for no new collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 3520). Federalism A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132, Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on State or local governments and would either preempt State law or impose a substantial direct cost of compliance on them. We have analyzed this rule under that Order and have determined that it does not have implications for federalism. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may result in the expenditure by a State, local, or tribal government, in the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or more in any one year. Though this rule will not result in such an expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere in this preamble. Taking of Private Property This rule will not cause a taking of private property or otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630, Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights. Civil Justice Reform This rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize litigation, eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden. Protection of Children We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks. This rule is not an economically significant rule and does not create an environmental risk to health or risk to safety that may disproportionately affect children. Indian Tribal Governments This rule does not have tribal implications under Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination E:\FR\FM\11JAR1.SGM 11JAR1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 11, 2011 / Rules and Regulations with Indian Tribal Governments, because it does not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes disestablishing, or changing Regulated Navigation Areas and security or safety zones. An environmental analysis checklist and a categorical exclusion determination are available in the docket where indicated under ADDRESSES. Energy Effects We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use. We have determined that it is not a ''significant energy action'' under that order because it is not a ''significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866 and is not likely to have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of energy. The Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has not designated it as a significant energy action. Therefore, it does not require a Statement of Energy Effects under Executive Order 13211. Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways. For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard adopts the interim rule amending 33 CFR part 165 that was published at 75 FR 65235 on October 22, 2010, as a final rule with the following changes: emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with RULES Technical Standards The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress, through the Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why using these standards would be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical standards (e.g., specifications of materials, performance, design, or operation; test methods; sampling procedures; and related management systems practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies. This rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we did not consider the use of voluntary consensus standards. Environment We have analyzed this rule under Department of Homeland Security Management Directive 023–01 and Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, which guide the Coast Guard in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and have concluded this action is one of a category of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. This rule is categorically excluded, under figure 2–1, paragraph (34)(g), of the Instruction. This rule involves regulations establishing, VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:00 Jan 10, 2011 Jkt 223001 List of Subjects in 33 CFR 165 PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 1. The authority citation to part 165 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; Pub. L. 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. § 165.819 [Amended] 2. In § 165.819— a. Amend paragraph (a)(1)(i) by inserting the words ''mooring basin'' immediately before the word ''waters'', and ■ b. Amend paragraph (a)(1)(ii) by inserting the words ''mooring basin'' immediately before the word ''waters''. ■ ■ Dated: November 22, 2010. J.J. Plunkett, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Port Arthur. [FR Doc. 2011–172 Filed 1–10–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–04–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165 [Docket No. USCG–2010–0423] RIN 1625–AA87 Security Zone: Fleet Industrial Supply Center Pier, San Diego, CA Coast Guard, DHS. Final rule. AGENCY: ACTION: The Coast Guard is removing a security zone on the navigable waters of San Diego Bay, San Diego, CA. The existing zone is around the former Fleet Industrial Supply Center Pier. The pier SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 1521 is no longer owned by the U.S. Navy and the existing security zone is no longer necessary to provide for the security of the U.S. Naval vessels, their crews, and the public from sabotage or other subversive acts, accidents, criminal actions, or other causes of a similar nature. DATES: This rule is effective February 10, 2011. ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in the docket are part of docket USCG–2010– 0423 and are available online by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG–2010–0423 in the ''Keyword'' box, and then clicking ''Search.'' They are also available for inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M–30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, call or e-mail Commander Mike Dolan, Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego; telephone 619– 278–7261, e-mail Michael.b.dolan@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 9826. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulatory Information The Coast Guard is issuing this final rule without prior notice and opportunity to comment pursuant to authority under section 4(a) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision authorizes an agency to issue a rule without prior notice and opportunity to comment when the agency for good cause finds that those procedures are ''impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.'' Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that good cause exists for not publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). It is unnecessary to seek comments on this rulemaking because the purpose of this security zone—to provide for the security of the U.S. Naval vessels, their crews, and the public from sabotage or other subversive acts, accidents, criminal actions, or other causes of a similar nature—no longer exists because the Navy no longer owns this facility. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Guard finds that good cause exists for making this rule effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. The pier is no longer owned by the U.S. E:\FR\FM\11JAR1.SGM 11JAR1
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[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-172]
[Docket No. USCG-2009-0316]
Security Zones; Sabine Bank Channel, Sabine Pass Channel and
Sabine-Neches Waterway, TX
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing moving security zones for
certain vessels for which the Captain of the Port, Port Arthur deems
enhanced security measures necessary. In addition, it is establishing
security zones encompassing the mooring basins of LNG carriers while
they are moored at the Golden Pass LNG facility in Sabine, TX and/or
the Sabine Pass LNG facility located in Cameron Parish, LA.
DATES: This rule is effective February 10, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments and material received from the public, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket,
are part of docket USCG-2009-0316 are available online by going to
http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2009-0316 in the ``Keyword''
box, and then clicking ``Search.'' This material is also available for
inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S.
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule,
call or e-mail Mr. Scott Whalen, Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, TX;
telephone 409-719-5086, e-mail scott.k.whalen@uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
On May 27, 2010, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM) entitled Security Zones; Sabine Bank Channel, Sabine Pass
Channel and Sabine-Neches Waterway, TX in the Federal Register (75 FR
29695). We received one comment on the proposed rule. On October 22,
2010, we then published an interim rule discussing and incorporating
the recommendation from that one comment and requesting further
comments (75 FR 65232).
No public meeting was requested and none was held. Additionally, no
comments concerning the interim rule were received.
Basis and Purpose
The Coast Guard is establishing moving security zones for certain
vessels, for which the Captain of the Port deems enhanced security
measures are necessary. The purpose of these security zones is to
protect certain vessels designated as requiring such enhanced security
measures. Mariners will be notified of the activation of a moving
security zone around designated vessels by Broadcast Notice to
Mariners. Vessels with active moving security zones will also be
identified by the presence of escort vessels displaying flashing blue
law enforcement lights.
The moving security zones would be activated for certain vessels
within the U.S. territorial waters through Sabine Bank Channel, Sabine
Pass Channel and the Sabine-Neches Waterway, extending from the surface
to the bottom. These moving security zones would extend channel edge to
channel edge on the Sabine Bank and Sabine Pass Channel and shoreline
to shoreline on the Sabine-Neches Waterway, 2 miles ahead and 1 mile
astern of the designated vessels while in transit. Meeting, crossing or
overtaking situations are not permitted within the security zone unless
specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port.
In addition, the Coast Guard is establishing security zones for the
mooring basins at the Golden Pass LNG facility in Sabine, TX and the
Sabine Pass LNG facility located in Cameron Parish, LA while LNG
carriers are moored at these facilities.
These security zones are part of a comprehensive port security
regime designed to safeguard human life, vessels, and waterfront
facilities against sabotage or terrorist attacks.
All vessels not exempted under paragraph (b) of Sec.  165.819 would
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prohibited from entering or remaining in these security zones unless
authorized by the Captain of the Port, Port Arthur or his designated
representative. For authorization to enter the proposed security zones,
vessels can contact the Captain of the Port's on-scene representative
or Vessel Traffic Service Port Arthur on VHF Channel 01A or 65A, by
telephone at (409) 719-5070, or by facsimile at (409) 719-5090.
On May 27, 2010 we published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
to establish this security zone regulation. We received one comment on
the proposed rule. Based on that comment, the security zone area
proposed in the NPRM was extended to include the entire mooring basins
for LNG carriers. The Coast Guard concurs with that recommendation and
modified the regulatory language accordingly for the interim rule.
Additionally, the same commenter noted that the location of the Sabine
Pass facility should be changed from Cheneire, LA to Cameron Parish,
LA. This change was also incorporated into the interim rule regulatory
Discussion of Comments and Changes
The Coast Guard received no comments concerning the interim rule
requesting that the establishment of a security zone extending 100-feet
around LNG carriers while moored at Sabine Pass LNG and Golden Pass LNG
facilities be extended to include the entire mooring basin. For
clarity, the Coast Guard has amended the final rule regulatory text to
include ``mooring basin'' as a body of water description for the fixed
security zones. Mooring basin as a descriptive term is in addition to
the latitude and longitude positions, which are already part of the
regulatory text, and does not change the areas included in the fixed
security zone. This final rule contains no substantive changes from the
interim rule as published.
Regulatory Analyses
We developed this rule after considering numerous statutes and
executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our analyses
based on 13 of these statutes or executive orders.
Regulatory Planning and Review
This rule is not a significant regulatory action under section 3(f)
of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and does not
require an assessment of potential costs and benefits under section
6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office of Management and Budget has not
reviewed it under that Order.
We expect the economic impact of this rule to be so minimal that a
full Regulatory Evaluation is unnecessary. The basis of this finding is
that the proposed fixed security zones around moored LNG carriers are
of limited size and duration and the affected area does not hinder or
delay regular vessel traffic. The moving security zone is limited and
does not create undue delay to vessel traffic because vessel traffic
may request permission to enter the zone from the Captain of the Port.
Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), we have
considered whether this rule would have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities. The term ``small entities''
comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that are
independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields,
and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000.
The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule will
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
This rule will affect the following entities, some of which might
be small entities: The owners or operators of vessels intending to
transit through the fixed or moving security zones. The fixed security
zones are of limited size and duration and the affected area will not
hinder or delay regular vessel traffic. The moving security zone rule
will not create undue delay to vessel traffic because vessel traffic
may request permission to enter the zone.
Assistance for Small Entities
Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), in the NPRM we offered to
assist small entities in understanding the rule so that they could
better evaluate its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking
Small businesses may send comments on the actions of Federal
employees who enforce, or otherwise determine compliance with, Federal
regulations to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory
Enforcement Ombudsman and the Regional Small Business Regulatory
Fairness Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and
rates each agency's responsiveness to small business. If you wish to
comment on actions by employees of the Coast Guard, call 1-888-REG-FAIR
(1-888-734-3247). The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small
entities that question or complain about this rule or any policy or
action of the Coast Guard.
This rule calls for no new collection of information under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).
A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on State or local
governments and would either preempt State law or impose a substantial
direct cost of compliance on them. We have analyzed this rule under
that Order and have determined that it does not have implications for
federalism.
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538)
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or tribal government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 (adjusted for
inflation) or more in any one year. Though this rule will not result in
such an expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere
in this preamble.
Taking of Private Property
This rule will not cause a taking of private property or otherwise
have taking implications under Executive Order 12630, Governmental
Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property
Civil Justice Reform
This rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2)
of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize litigation,
eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.
We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13045, Protection
of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks. This rule
is not an economically significant rule and does not create an
environmental risk to health or risk to safety that may
disproportionately affect children.
Indian Tribal Governments
This rule does not have tribal implications under Executive Order
13175, Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments, because it does not have a substantial
direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between
the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian
Energy Effects
We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13211, Actions
Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use. We have determined that it is not a ``significant
energy action'' under that order because it is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866 and is not likely to
have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use
of energy. The Administrator of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs has not designated it as a significant energy
action. Therefore, it does not require a Statement of Energy Effects
under Executive Order 13211.
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15
U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards
in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress,
through the Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why
using these standards would be inconsistent with applicable law or
otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical
standards (e.g., specifications of materials, performance, design, or
operation; test methods; sampling procedures; and related management
systems practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus
standards bodies.
This rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we did not
consider the use of voluntary consensus standards.
We have analyzed this rule under Department of Homeland Security
Management Directive 023-01 and Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, which
guide the Coast Guard in complying with the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have concluded
this action is one of a category of actions that do not individually or
cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. This
rule is categorically excluded, under figure 2-1, paragraph (34)(g), of
the Instruction. This rule involves regulations establishing,
disestablishing, or changing Regulated Navigation Areas and security or
safety zones. An environmental analysis checklist and a categorical
exclusion determination are available in the docket where indicated
under ADDRESSES.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR 165
Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard adopts
the interim rule amending 33 CFR part 165 that was published at 75 FR
65235 on October 22, 2010, as a final rule with the following changes:
PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS
1. The authority citation to part 165 continues to read as follows:
Authority:  33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701, 3306, 3703;
50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Pub.
L. 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of Homeland Security
Delegation No. 0170.1.
Sec.  165.819  [Amended]
2. In Sec.  165.819--
a. Amend paragraph (a)(1)(i) by inserting the words ``mooring basin''
immediately before the word ``waters'', and
b. Amend paragraph (a)(1)(ii) by inserting the words ``mooring basin''
immediately before the word ``waters''.
Dated: November 22, 2010.
J.J. Plunkett,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Port Arthur.
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Science is chock full of miraculous predictions, shocking revolutions, and unexpected results that few science fiction writers could have ever dreamed of. What makes science so special? This course is a tour of the philosophical underpinnings of modern science. No background in any science is needed for this course; everything you need to know will be covered.
Indicative topics include: Theory and Observation: Hume's problem of induction and Goodman's new riddle of induction, Popper's falsificationism, underdetermination of theory by evidence, the positive instance account of confirmation, Bayesianism. Laws of Nature: the regularity view of laws, laws as universals, the best systems account, instrumentalism. Explanation: the DN model of explanation, statistical explanation, causal explanation, unification. Intertheory relations: reductionism and pluralism. Realism versus Antirealism: Scientific realism and antirealism, the no miracles argument, inference to the best explanation, the pessimistic meta-induction, reductive empiricism, constructive empiricism, the natural ontological attitude, entity realism, structural realism, Kuhn and scientific revolutions. Sociological approaches to science: Social constructivism, feminism. Causation: Hume's, Mill's, Mackie's accounts of causation, counterfactual theories, probabilistic causality and manipulability accounts, transference accounts. Philosophy of a special science: Space and Time in Newton's physics.
Students will be expected to write four essays (two in MT and two in LT), submit a few short answers before each class, and participate in class discussion.
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Fwd: Podcast Interview with Nicholas de Villiers on Sexual Disorientation in Tsai Ming-Liang's films
Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy
Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-Liang
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS 2022
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A critical figure in queer Sinophone cinema—and the first director ever commissioned to create a film for the permanent collection of the Louvre—Tsai Ming-liang is a major force in Taiwan cinema and global moving image art. Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy: Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-Liang (U Minnesota Press, 2022) offers a fascinating, systematic method for analyzing the queerness of Tsai's films.
Nicholas de Villiers argues that Tsai expands and revises the notion of queerness by engaging with the sexuality of characters who are migrants, tourists, diasporic, or otherwise displaced. Through their lack of fixed identities, these characters offer a clear challenge to the binary division between heterosexuality and homosexuality, as well as the Orientalist binary division of Asia versus the West. Ultimately, de Villiers explores how Tsai's films help us understand queerness in terms of spatial, temporal, and sexual disorientation.
Conceiving of Tsai's cinema as an intertextual network, Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy makes an important addition to scholarly work on Tsai in English. It draws on extensive interviews with the director, while also offering a complete reappraisal of Tsai's body of work. Contributing to queer film theory and the aesthetics of displacement, Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy reveals striking connections between sexuality, space, and cinema.
Nicholas de Villiers is professor of English and film at the University of North Florida. He is author of Opacity and the Closet: Queer Tactics in Foucault, Barthes, and Warhol and Sexography: Sex Work in Documentary.
Li-Ping Chen is Postdoctoral Scholar and Teaching Fellow in the East Asian Studies Center at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include literary translingualism, diaspora, and nativism in Sinophone, inter-Asian, and transpacific contexts.
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Sackville town council is looking for more information from the province on the legalization of cannabis products, set to come into effect this fall.
SACKVILLE, N.B. – With legalization of cannabis products set to come into effect this fall, Sackville town council is looking for more information from the province on the process and any potential ramifications for local residents.
Council asked the mayor to contact New Brunswick Health Minister Benoit Bourque, requesting the province host a public information session in Sackville to help better inform residents on what to expect when cannabis is legalized.
Mitton said with a retail outlet ready to open its doors in Sackville, she has been fielding concerns and questions from the community.
"Our residents need more information about how the legalization of cannabis might affect them," she said.
Mitton said although a new Cannabis Act is set to be adopted across the country Oct. 17, there has been little information released to the public – including for local stakeholders and various community organizations and agencies.
The federal government has been responsible for the regulating, licensing and development of rules and has held consultation sessions with other levels of government, health organizations, and potential producers ahead of the legalization. The provincial government has been developing a framework around the legislation, which addresses such areas as retail environment, education and awareness, and workplace safety.


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Kirsty joined Expedition in 2015 and is enjoying the challenge of real buildings again after a period of teaching Architecture undergraduate students. Before that she worked on large and small scale projects in London, Edinburgh and Sunderland.
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15 Best Things to Do in Aveiro (Portugal)
On the shore of a lagoon, Aveiro is a maritime city with water in its soul. The cityscape is crisscrossed by canals that you can navigate on painted gondola-style boats known as moliceiros. And on the quaysides in the older part of the city are charming Art Nouveau houses in pastel shades.
The big attraction is the Mosteiro de Jesus, a monastery with a royal connection and replete with religious art in its museum. But the Atlantic is also on your doorstep and you're minutes from ocean-swept sandy beaches and the adorable little resort of Costa Nova.
Lets explore the best things to do in Aveiro:
1. Mosteiro de Jesus
Mosteiro de Jesus
Aveiro's prized monument is this convent built between the 15th and 17th centuries.
Its fame comes from one of its residents, Joanna Princess of Portugal, and daughter of Afonso V. Because she was in the royal line she was never able to take her solemn vows, and instead lived out a modest life at the convent and bequeathed her estates to it when she died in 1490. She was beatified in the 17th century, and her stunning tomb in the lower chancel blends marble and ceramics.
Also fantastic is the nave and apse of the church, with amazing floor tiles and every surface covered with gilded woodcarving.
2. Museu de Aveiro
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Museu de Aveiro
Since 2011 the monastery buildings have been a museum, both to show off their architectural majesty and to exhibit an awesome array of religious art on the newer upper floors.
This has been collected from the many monasteries that used to surround Aveiro.
There's primitive and Renaissance painting, Coimbra school sculpture, carved stonework, azulejos (glazed tiles), jewellery, furniture and historic vestments.
Below, the refectory is a delight for its tiled walls.
And the cloister, built in the 15th and 16th centuries, has geometric tiles and two tiers of galleries around a central fountain.
3. Aveiro's Canals
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Aveiro's Canals
The canals, fed by Aveiro's lagoon, are what give Aveiro its character and deserve a couple of hours of your time.
There are several branches to stroll by, through both historic and newer city quarters.
Along the quays in the Rossio area there's some wonderful Art Nouveau architecture, which we'll come to later.
The Jardim do Rossio is a canal-front park with lawns and palm trees, and a very pretty spot to bring a book.
The pastel-coloured houses are the icing on the cake, and there's no lack of tuk-tuks to carry you off on a quick tour.
4. Moliceiro Tour
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Moliceiro Tour
These colourfully painted boats are a constant in Aveiro, and you can board one for a 45-minute tour of the city by water.
The moliceiros were originally made to harvest seaweed in the lagoon.
This was used as a fertiliser in the local sandy soils.
The trade died out when modern fertilisers were introduced but the old boat building techniques were revived to craft a fleet of tourist vessels.
The paintings on the bow and stern depict traditional scenes around Aveiro, and on the journey you'll get a good summary of the city along its canals and by the salt farms that border the lagoon.
5. Rossio Area
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Rossio Area
At the start of the 20th century emigrants who had made their fortunes in Brazil returned to Aveiro and built themselves stylish houses in the Art Nouveau style.
Some elegant properties to look out for are the Casa do Major Pessoa, now the Art Nouveau Museum and with lovely wrought iron gates and balconies.
See also the Casa dos Ovos Moles by the water on Rua João Mendonça 24 and 25, with its little ornamental balconies and a gable with a curved window at the top.
On the same street the Cooperativa Agrícola building at 5, 6 and 7 has fabulous tile work with foloral patterns.
6. Church of São João Evangelista
Church of São João Evangelista
Also known as the Carmelite Church, this opulent building was part of a major convent that was almost completely destroyed when Aveiro's urban plan was reworked at the start of the 20th century.
The church dates to the start of the 1700s and was heavily embellished in the decades that followed.
This was a period of extreme wealth, when many churches around Portugal were decorated with dazzling gilded woodwork.
And once you pass the stern facade, this church is no different, with gilding framing paintings on the walls and ceiling.
The lower half of the walls in the nave is decorated with glorious blue and white azulejos.
7. Forum Aveiro
Forum Aveiro
No ordinary mall, this shopping centre is right by the canal and has a classical design, with two-storey galleries and bridges over a long central walkway.
It's all very tasteful with rooftop cafes and grassy spaces where you can bring a picnic in summer.
As for shops, it has all of the big brands you'd expect like Zara and Mango, as well as other everyday stores you'll find in every Iberian city like Bershka, Oysho and Pull & Bear.
The food court has a good choice of eateries, from fast food to Portuguese traditional cuisine (Serra da Estrela) and there's also a cinema.
8. Old Train Station
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If you're coming to Aveiro by train you'll be wowed by a slice of the city's early-20th-century history as soon as you arrive.
The old train station terminal stands in sharp relief to the sleek new terminal and was completed in 1916. The special thing about it is the tiling; these blue azulejos were made at the Fábrica da Fonte Nova and depict traditional scenes from around Aveiro and the region.
There are moliceiros, salt farms, men and women in regional dress and images of Aveiro's canals.
It's now a sort of time capsule for the city, created more than a century ago.
9. Costa Nova
Costa Nova
This oceanfront village is very charming, on a long peninsula with the lagoon on one side and the Atlantic on the other.
Before the tourists arrived in Costa Nova this was a fishing village, and there's a reminder of this time in its cute weatherboard cottages, painted with vertical stripes.
If you're fond of fish and seafood, the fishing market is a must; here whelks, crabs, goose barnacles and shrimp straight from the lagoon are prepared for you on the Cais dos Pescadores while you wait.
It's one of those rare chances to taste seafood that is literally straight from the water.
10. Praia da Barra
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Praia da Barra, Aveiro
Anyone in need of some beach-time can head straight to Praia da Barra, under 10 kilometres from Aveiro.
There are two main beaches here; the upper one (Praia Velha) is just where the Aveiro Lagoon reaches the ocean.
The long breakwaters on either side keep the ocean waves at bay and give you calm waters to bathe in.
South of that is a long, open beach, traced by sand dunes and with a long elevated wooden walkway to help you get around.
This is a hit with surfers for its rolling waves and there's a school directly on the beach if you'd like to try.
11. Praia da Barra Lighthouse
Praia da Barra Lighthouse
The tallest lighthouse in Portugal's stands behind the Praia Velha and rises to 62 metres.
This dates to 1893 and was necessary because the ocean off Aveiro is dangerously shallow for ships, and the presence of the lagoon would make land seem further away than it actually was.
It would be another century before the lighthouse was automated in 1990. If you're around on Wednesday afternoons you can scale the 271 steps to the platform for an aerial perspective of the lagoon, Praia da Barra, Costa Nova, Aveiro and the communities of São Jacinto and Gafanhas.
12. Museu Marítimo de Ílhavo
Museu Marítimo de Ílhavo
During the dictatorship Aveiro was one of Portugal's primary ports for cod fishing.
So if ever there's an attraction to cut to the core of the country's love affair with this fish it's the maritime museum a few minutes away in Ílhavo.
Presented here is a replica of the trawlers that would sail as far as Newfoundland for their catches, and you can find out about the tools of the trade, life aboard one of these boats and the culture around this industry.
There are also displays focussing on the Aveiro lagoon and its salt harvesting industry and characteristic moliceiro vessels.
13. Museu Histórico da Vista Alegre
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Museu Histórico da Vista Alegre
The Vista Alegre porcelain factory has been crafting fine ceramics for more than 200 years.
It's a gigantic complex that includes the factory, a 17th-century palace, a chapel and an entire residential quarter built for workers with its own theatre.
The museum is in former factory buildings and has just been given a makeover.
You'll be given an overview of the Vista Alegre company, as well as the history of porcelain and the role it has played in Portuguese society.
There are more than 30,000 pieces on display, and you can see the old kilns and modern facilities that still employ 700 people.
It takes a strong will to make it past the gift shop without buying something!
14. Bike Rides
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Aveiro's flat landscape and paved canal quays could have been made for bicycles, and they have been a preferred mode of transport since the start of the 20th century.
Recently the city has made it even easier to get around by introducing its BUGA, bike-sharing system.
There are 20 BUGA depots in Aveiro where you'll get a bike with a special lock.
So you'll be able to stop and lock the bike up before entering one of Aveiro's attractions.
The system runs between 10:00 and 19:00. Cycling is also the easiest way to experience the Aveiro Lagoon, where you'll coast beside salt farms, maize fields on the BioRia trails, spotting white herons and flamingos as you go.
15. Ovos Moles
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Ovos Moles
As well as all that tasty seafood fresh from the water there's a sweet that is as characteristic of Aveiro as the canals and moliceiros.
These are ovos moles (literally soft eggs), made with nothing more complicated than egg yolks and sugar.
They were originally made by nuns in Aveiro's old convents (traditionally nuns were gifted eggs by people about to get married), and the recipes were passed to the townsfolk when the religious institutions were shut down.
Inspired by the proximity to the ocean and the abundance of shellfish in the Aveiro Lagoon, the ovos moles are hand-shaped to resemble clam and whelk shells.
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IT in Training or IT Training? Yes.
Less than a decade ago, there was a spirited debate in radiology: Did it make more sense to create a PACS administrator by moving someone out of the imaging department and training them in IT or taking an IT staff member and teaching him what he needs to know about radiology?
For the most part, the latter option has won out. Enterprise IT folks tend to run the show in the imaging department—and that makes sense to me. If you believe the common industry criticism—and generally I do—that healthcare IT is about a decade behind IT in other fields, then it is perfectly logical to think the IT wizards are more likely to drive the catching-up process than cross-trained imaging department folks.
How does that apply to radiologists? David Yeager looks at that in this month's Imaging Informatics column. He writes about how IT can be used to teach radiology residents, but that IT also should be taught to radiologists.
That sounds right too. For certain, there are matters of the level and scope of this training, but I can honestly say that most of the radiologists whom I have met and/or heard speak that seem to understand where the field is going have a pretty strong understanding of how IT is thoroughly intertwined with the future of diagnostic imaging.
Also in this issue, Beth W. Orenstein writes about new guidelines for using Amyvid (florbetapir F-18 injection), which is indicated "for brain imaging of beta-amyloid plaques in patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease and other causes of cognitive decline," according to its prescribing instructions. Exactly what does that mean? Orenstein's article on page 14 discusses the new guidelines, which were created by SNMMI and the Alzheimer's Association.
Finally, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation recently published its second list of tests and procedures—from 17 specialty societies—that it believes patients and physicians should question. Not surprisingly, many of the tests and procedures in this installment of the Choosing Wisely campaign are related to imaging. The article on page 22 lists all the imaging-related tests and procedures as well as the societies' evidence-based rationale for including them on their respective lists. I've no idea how making this list will affect the utilization of these tests, but defensive medicine seems to play a role in including these procedures on the list. Perhaps one conversation these lists will generate is a discussion about a liability safe harbor for not performing procedures that the best available evidence suggests do not help the patient or the physician. That would be nice.


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Recording our debut 7″ EP
We are currently in the studio, recording the songs to our debut 7″ EP. You can follow our work and what's going on in the studio by reading our studio diary. You'll find it here: www.ageofwoe.net/category/blog. We are recording three songs. "We are dead", "The Antagonist" and "No Remorse". The songs are recorded in the Belly of the whale studios and will be mixed by Carlos who owns the sudio. We are really excited about getting this out in the public. Hopefully it won't be that long of a wait.


We are developing and applying electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the structure and function of biomolecular systems, particularly at high microwave frequencies. We employ electron-electron and electron-nuclear double resonance techniques to investigate biomolecular structure at the atomic and at the nanometer scale. The latter method allows us to study the assembly of protein complexes, if suited paramagnetic labels can be inserted.
Overview of different spin-spin interactions in a protein and corresponding EPR techniques used for detection of these interactions, which relate to structural and electronic properties of the investigated system.
Pulsed and high-field magnetic resonance techniques, with their enhanced resolution and sensitivity, have rendered electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) an essential tool to study the structure and function of large enzymes, proteins and oligonucleotides. Our research is devoted to the development of state-of-the-art EPR methods and instrumentation combined with the investigation of such bio-macromolecules. We routinely employ single and double resonance EPR techniques (electron-nuclear and electron-electron double resonance) at different fields (0.34, 1.2, 3.4 and 9 Tesla) to manipulate interacting spins and to obtain structural information at the atomic and nanometer scale. The methodical aspects of EPR at high microwave frequencies (> 90 GHz) represent our core expertise.
94-GHz [2H] ENDOR spectrum of the NH2Y730·intermediate trapped on the PCET pathway in Y730NH2Y-a2b2 E. coli RNR. The exchangeable protons were replaced by deuterons by H2O/D2O buffer exchange. The spectrum displays the resonances of the deuterons coupled to the radical. The central part of the spectrum (weak coupling region) shows the resonance of a deuteron assigned to a water molecule which is proposed to have mechanistic implications. The structure on the right represents the optimized DFT cluster model with distances and orientations to the exchangeable protons consistent with the ENDOR data. The upper inset shows the current model for the long-range (~ 35 Å), reversible PCET between Y122 in the b2 and C439 in the a2 of E. coli RNR (2).
Local structure at atomic resolution can be achieved by detecting the interaction of electron spins with surrounding magnetic nuclei in electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR). This method permits one to determine the distance as well as the orientation of nuclear spins with respect to a paramagnetic centre. Particularly, hydrogen bond interactions in the active states of an enzyme can be detected that are not easily accessible by other techniques such as X-ray or NMR. The combination of ENDOR with density functional cluster calculations (coll. with Prof. Frank Neese) provides a unique tool to elucidate the structure of complex intermediate states during enzymatic catalysis. A recent example for the application of this technique at 94 GHz is illustrated in the figure below.
Nano-meter distances and orientations in protein and nucleic acids by high-field pulse EPR. The pulse EPR technique, called DEER or PELDOR (electron-electron double resonance), can be used to detect the interaction between two unpaired electron spins and to measure their inter-spin distance. The method applied at high-fields contains also information about the relative orientation of paramagnetic species with a precision of a few degrees. For this aim, we are examining the performance of different paramagnetic probes combined with the home built dual mode resonator and in-house developed analysis routines to reconstruct the local geometry of radicals in a pair. In diamagnetic biomolecules the method requires the introduction of paramagnetic spin labels that are possibly small and non-interfering with the molecular structure. 1-oxy-2,2,5,5-tetra-methylpyrrolynil-3-methyl (MTSL) is the most common spin probe for proteins as it can be easily attached to cysteine residues. For example, we are employing this label for structural studies of alpha-synuclein fibrils. A new more rigid spin label (i.e. the TOPP label) has been recently synthesized and investigated in collaboration with the group of Prof. U. Diederichsen at the University of Göttingen. New labels for RNA structures have been developed in collaboration with the group of Dr. C. Höbartner. The labeling of RNA has permitted to study conformational changes in RNA secondary structures.
The large magnetization of an electron spin can be used to polarize nuclei via dynamic nuclear polarization, a method which could potentially enhance the sensitivity of solution NMR on biological systems by orders of magnitude. In the past years, we have defined the physical parameters that govern the polarisation transfer in solution to water molecules with different types of paramagnetic polarizers. We have implemented lowand medium-field DNP spectrometers operating at 0.34 T and 3.4 T, which enabled us to achieve very large DNP enhancements for such fields. Investigations are in progress to use pulse microwave excitation that accelerates the DNP transfer kinetics. The successful low field results have prompted the design of a new shuttle DNP spectrometer, in which the sample is polarized at 0.34 T (X-band) and the NMR is detected at 14 T (collab. with NMR Dept. of the MPIbpc and Bruker BioSpin, EU Design Study Bio-DNP). An optimized spectrometer, which is designed to minimize polarization losses during the sample transfer and to polarize large biomolecules with inherently short relaxation times, is under construction.
Dual mode resonator for 94 GHz. Recently, we have designed and constructed a new dual mode resonator that can be tuned over a frequency range up to about 1 GHz. The resonator allows us to perform PELDOR/DEER experiments at 94 GHz with high sensitivity and covering the whole spectral range of a nitroxide radical (spin label) in frozen solution. The resonator can also be used for other experiments such as saturation transfer and ELDOR in liquid solution of nitroxide radicals for mechanistic DNP inverstigations.
Quasi-optical pulse EPR at 263 GHz. In December 2011 we have installed the world-wide second commercial 263 GHz pulsed EPR spectrometer that uses a quasi-optical microwave bridge. The instrument will be tested and optimized for studies of biological samples, particularly for two purposes: 1) to record high-resolution EPR spectra of radical intermediates during enzymatic catalysis in combination with rapid freeze quenching techniques and 2) for distance measurements with high sensitivity towards long inter-spin distances (> 5 nm).
Long-range electron transfer pathway in class I ribonucleotide reductases.
Ribonucleotide Reductases (RNRs).In the past two decades, it has been recognized that several biological processes, in particular enzymatic reactions, occur over paramagnetic intermediates that are generated via redox reactions or electron/radical transfer. RNRs enzymes, which catalyze the reduction of RNA to DNA building blocks in every living organism, provide a paradigm for enzymatic mechanisms involving radical chemistry. In a long-standing collaboration with the group of J. Stubbe (MIT) we have been employing a wide repertoire of EPR techniques to elucidate several steps in the catalytic cycle. Currently, we are investigating the long-range (3.5 nm) proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) between the RNR subunits using site-specifically incorporated unnatural amino acids as radical traps. With high field EPR and ENDOR we are mapping the hydrogen bond network proposed to be involved in PCET mechanism. The results will be essential to formulate a mechanism for a long-range PCET.
Heterodisulfide reductase (HDR).HDR is a key enzyme in the energy metabolism of methanogenic archaea. Based on the current knowledge of methanogenesis, it has been recently postulated that HDR-enzyme complexes could play a new role in energy conservation processes of many different organisms. By means of W-band (95 GHz) and X-band (9 GHz) ENDOR spectroscopy we have demonstrated that HDR contains a unique FeS cluster, which functions as a catalytic centre and directly binds substrate to carry out substrate chemistry. In a collaborative effort with several research groups in Germany (DFG network SPP1319), we are currently elucidating the structural details of the interaction between the cluster and the substrate as well as the unusual binding motif of the cluster.
So-called psi factors (fatty acid based substances) regulate the balance between fungal life cycles and are produced by psi-factor producing oxygenases (Ppo). In a new collaboration with the Dept. of Plant Biochemistry (I. Feussner, Univ. Göttingen) and supported by the IRTG 1422, we have characterized two heme domains discovered in the monomeric subunit of the tetrameric PpoA enzyme. Experiments on samples prepared by freeze quenching the enzyme with the substrate, i.e. PpoA with either (8R)-HPODE or linoleic acid, showed the formation of several tyrosyl radical species, presumably formed on different monomeric subunits. The results provide the first evidence for an enzymatic mechanism involving amino acid radicals and further studies are planned to elucidate more intermediate steps.


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Westmont Excesl at La Verne Invitational
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(MONTEREY PARK, Calif.) Westmont Women's Swimming had a banner showing on Friday, the first day of the La Verne Winter Invitational. The event is held indoor at the East Los Angeles Community College Aquatics Center.
"We had a really exciting day," exclaimed Westmont head coach Jill Jones Lin. "Two new national cuts, major time improvements, and lifetime best times. All around it was exciting and positive.
"They carried each other through some tough races. The excitement they had was contagious and you could see it permeate through the other races, they each wanted to contribute to the team morale by swimming their best.
"It's pretty fun as a coach to go through a day of a long meet without a single bad race. All 13 of them stepped up and raced their hearts out."
The event started with Morgan Bienias earning an automatic qualification into the NAIA National Championships in the 500 yard freestyle, posting a time of 5:20.90.
"That was the best way to start the meet this morning," said Jones Lin. "She crushed the qualifying time for the 500 and along the way qualified for the 200 yard freestyle during the 500 – which means she was going really fast. Morgan had one of the best races I've seen so far this year. That race gave me a glimpse of what she is capable of and I'm excited to see what she can do the rest of the meet. That 500 was a culmination of a lot of hard distance sets, a lot of self-motivation and a lot of grit. It was a well-earned success."
In the finals later on Friday, Bienias turned in an eighth place finish.
Westmont entered three teams in the 200 yard freestyle relay with all three beating the NAIA's automatic qualifying mark of 1:55.39. Bailey Lemmon, Devyn Hynds, Allison Gonzalez and Rian Lewandowski finished fifth with a time of 1:43.07. Bienias, Gaby Rego, Olivia Huebner and Chloe Van Bogelen placed ninth with a time of 1:49.76. Holley Fellows, Ceili Smaw, Hannah Thompson and Emma Leathers finished 12th with a time of 1:54.56.
"The A Relay lowered their best time by six seconds with the B Relay dropping three seconds," noted Jones Lin.
"The 200 individual medley was the most exciting event of the day with some major time improvements," reported Jones Lin. "Allison, Olivia, Rian, Ceili, Emma, and Devyn dropped approximately 60 seconds combined and all got second swims in finals. Rian improved her time by just under a second in the finals, missing the national cut by 1.5 seconds."
In the 50 yard freestyle final, Lemmon placed fourth overall. Lemmon had previously posted an NAIA qualifying time and did so again on Friday with a time of 24.67. Hynds placed 16th with a time of 26.08.
Gonzalez was allowed to compete in the third heat of the 50 yard freestyle finals when another swimmer scratched. Though she entered the third heat with the slowest prelim time, she won the heat from lane one to place 17th overall and pick up an additional eight points from her seed.
Lemmon, Lewandowski, Bienias and Hynds finished the 400 yard medley relay with a time of 4:14.93, nearly 30 seconds faster than the NAIA qualification time. Lemmon led off the event with the 100 yard backstroke and recorded a time of 1:01.26 to also qualify for nationals as an individual in that event.
"I'm excited for day two," said Jones Lin. "It's going to be a battle with a lot of back-to-back races, but we are going to carry the momentum from day one and leave it all in the pool. We are 20 points behind La Verne and hoping to gain some ground on them tomorrow."
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Hamish Robertson ist der Name folgender Personen:

* Hamish Robertson (Leichtathlet) (* 1947), britischer Leichtathlet
 Hamish Robertson (Fotograf) (Hamish Stephen Robertson; * 1949), kanadischer Fotograf

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 R. G. Hamish Robertson (* 1943), kanadischer Physiker

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Q: How to delete blank cells of the column in Google Sheets? I am trying to get rid of the blank cells of the column in my sheet. I get some data from my colleagues via Google Form, and I have made some subcategory questions for them. So they get to select one of the five given choices. When I export the data to the sheet, it appears somewhat like below (linked):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DBrFFNst0nhZAtxHejsrbNGkMxvcbOuie47era0Hl8c/edit?usp=sharing
Because the users can select one choice, out of five given choices four other cells must be left empty. Here's where I'm struggling with:
I have used filter function to get rid of the blank cells, but then it is restricted to only set the range either single row or column. So I end up with what you would see in my sample worksheet.
I've tried arrayformula and query as well, but I couldn't figure out a way out of this.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: =ARRAYFORMULA({B1:G7, {"subcategory"; TRIM(TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(H2:L7),,999^99)))}})

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'George Thomas Virginian for the Union'
By CHRISTOPHER J. EINOLF
Reviewed by Dave Mercado
General George H. Thomas was a Southern born Union officer who commanded the outstanding Army of the Cumberland and he was one of the great generals of the American Civil War. However today, for a number of reasons, he is relatively unknown to the American public.
Any author writing a biography of General George Thomas is faced with a major hurdle in that most of Thomas' private papers were burned at his request when he died, and the fact that he died suddenly of a stoke soon after the Civil War which left no chance for a memoir. The author addressed these problems by relentlessly researching every collection of Thomas Papers available and reviewing as many private letters that he could. Other authors may have done this also, and used them to influence their writing, but Mr. Christopher Einolf has done more. He quotes from the Thomas letters giving the reader a glimpse of the real Thomas.
The author uses an understated writing style that I think would have been appreciated by Thomas himself. He lets the facts speak for themselves in many cases and lets his readers draw their own conclusions. However he is not shy about sharing any new understanding of Thomas that he has reached. His description of how Thomas' attitude about Blacks changed, from one of a conventional Virginia land owner to a real Civil Rights advocate and that this change came not so much as an evolutionary process but more of a 'frame-break' moment after the Battle of Nashville when he saw for himself how well his Black troops fought, gives us a new major insight into the man. This view came as a revelation for me as I never agreed with some early Thomas biographers who assumed that Thomas had some innate goodness in him that would not allow him to treat Blacks unequally. With his aristocratic Virginia upbringing, it did not make any sense. To me Mr. Einolf's analysis rings true.
The author's battle descriptions and analyses are very good with the notable exception of the Battle of Chattanooga. He basically subscribes to the standard 'miracle theory' or to luck, as he has the soldiers saying, for the great success at Missionary Ridge. He states that 'military historians' say the artillery was badly placed, and that the Union soldiers could scurry up the ravines unseen by enemy soldiers. This may be true, but the author misses the point that the prime factors in winning the battle was the effort of General Joseph Hooker and the fact that Thomas delayed his attack as long as he honorably could (by ignoring Grant's early 'suggestions' to attack) which allowed Hooker time to flank the ridge from Lookout Mountain. Confederate veterans on high ground and in good defensive positions would ordinarily not have been worried about any Federal charge, but with the added knowledge that a Union Corps was marching across their line of retreat, they decided it was time to skedaddle. That aside, the author's description of Stones River, Chickamauga, and the other battles is very good and his conclusions are astute.
Mr. Einolf's chapters on Thomas' post war actions and decisions during the occupation and the early reconstruction periods are given the detail they deserve. The author shows how Thomas had a unique perspective on the situation due to his being a Southern gentleman, a Unionist and knowing first hand the qualities of the black men who fought for their freedom. These two chapters really differentiate this book from other Thomas biographies.
In his concluding chapter entitled "Thomas in Historical Memory" Mr. Einolf goes into the reasons for loss of Thomas' place in history. This makes for very interesting reading especially in what he has to say about the 'Lost Cause Theory' as formulated by the Southern Historical Society.1 While I personally think he is too mild with regard to Generals U. S. Grant and William T. Sherman in their treatment of General Thomas during the war and later in their memoirs which contributed greatly to the loss of George Thomas in history, Mr. Einolf's opinion on this matter has merit.
Overall this biography is excellent and a very creditable addition to the literature on the American Civil War.
1. For further reading on the effect of the old writings of the Southern Historical Society with its 'Lost Cause Theory' on General Thomas' reputation, see http://www.aotc.net/Antithomasspin.htm
by Dave M.
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The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG and its less expensive, less specialist little brother, the diesel fuelled C350 CDi Sport live at different reaches of the same price-list. They're salt and pepper, coffee and cream, scotch and soda. One loud and rambunctious, one coldly efficient. Or are they?
My major driving task for today saw me spending serious miles in both cars, looking for some kind of verdict, I didn't quite know what. After a day in two black leather saddles, what had I learnt?
In a C63 AMG you sit in a bog-standard C-Class seating position, behind an utterly conventional dashboard. The instrumentation is no different to normal, except for the AMG lettering below the tachometer. The only real difference is the existence of an extra menu to the usual settings, trip, service, navigation and audio menus. This extra offering is labelled simply AMG. Helpfully it includes engine and oil temperature gauges, so you can save your DTM aspirations until everything declares itself ready.
There are a pair of ridiculously figure hugging bucket seats which force anorexia on anybody who doesn't fit the slot. Also inviting you towards hoonism is a pair of proper, businesslike gearshift paddles. Made from cast metal, and pleasingly cold to the touch, they are positioned perfectly for instinctive gearchanges. Aside from all this, though, and your innate knowledge that this isn't a regular car, it doesn't really create that much of an atmosphere. It feels like a top of the range C-Class. Until you start it up.
A brief turn of the key, that 6.2 litre V8 shudders into life and any illusion of the ordinary is rudely shattered. The engine seems specifically designed for start-up impact. The revs surge on the button, emitting a violent YADDER before settling to a low large capacity rumble, with faux-lumpiness skilfully programmed in. It sounds raw. Untamed. Slightly intimidating.
With a foot on the brake, slide the conventional automatic gear selector into D, and release the anachronistic parking brake. With a little load on the engine the car settles down from its drama-queen tickover to little more than a low-pitched murmur. The car proves remarkably docile at low speeds, thanks to it having a conventional automatic gearbox. It suffers none of the unpredictable surginess you can experience in cars with sequential manual gearboxes, like the BMW M5. Don't worry, though, there's still an unmistakable growl of V8 underlining everything, as if waiting to release it.
So I do. With the gearbox still in wussy comfort mode, where gears are changed at lower revs for smoothness and economy (Economy! In this! The very thought of it!) so there was a brief hesitation until all hell broke loose. Then all hell broke loose.
The wide tyres struggled to contain the mountain of torque and power they were being asked to process, there were distinct hints of wheelspin even during roll-on acceleration with the stability control switched in. Acceleration, even in this mild setting, was profound. There are around 450hp to play with, depending on the weather, and sixty comes up from rest in a little over four seconds. The noise, too, is biblical.
It's slightly schizophrenic in nature, as with most AMGs over the years. When summoned forth the exhaust note bellows as war-like a cry as any well tuned V8 ever did, but off load it makes its best attempt to sink into the background with all the tyre noise, as would a powerful regular executive car. The full theatre is still available on demand, though. At the prod of a toe the car erupts with a blood curdling thrash-metal soundtrack.
It encourages you to misbehave far, far too much. The temptation to kick down to a lower gear, just to hear that noise, never goes away. The side-effect of this is that, if it were mine, my driving license would last a matter of days.
To be honest I can only test this cars handling to within my abilities as a driver and the roads I had to play with. To get the most out of it I would need far more space, a track or an airfield. Nonetheless, it's clearly a very capable machine, able to do things that would take far bigger balls than I have, but it feels to me slightly like a blunt instrument.
Despite having what is famously the most direct steering ever fitted to an AMG spec car, I never got the same feeling of control that I get from, say an M5, or even an E63. It's probably just me being hopeless, but I always felt a little too much like a passenger strapped to a rocket. On a road strewn with roundabouts every couple of hundred yards, braking hard and putting lock on to negotiate the obstacle, I didn't feel confident that the front tyres would have enough grip to overcome the understeer I was expecting. Turned out to be absolutely fine, of course, but I didn't feel as confident as perhaps I should have.
It's a shame, because the C63 positively demands that you have fun with it. If you put it in manual mode, which you really, really should, you can imagine yourself on Brands Hatch circuit, trying to get a nose ahead of David Coulthard. Being utterly honest, being an automatic gearbox with a manual over-ride, there is a detectable hesitation as you change gear. It's not as instantaneous as a sequential manual box, but the huge torque does a good job of disguising it. The changes are still quicker than I could ever make with a conventional manual box, though, and unlike ordinary MB slushboxes it doesn't chicken out and change up automatically when you run out of revs, it simply flashes the dashboard lights red to remind you that you're being silly.
It probably encourages hooligan antics more than any other car I've driven. It was inappropriate for me to indulge today, on these roads, but the C63 politely requests that you do the best to destroy your rear rubber as quickly as possible. Every corner becomes a tail-hanging drift opportunity. You sense that this car is more about fun than precision, and why not.
On the motorway, though, the joyous relationship becomes a little strained. If I adopt the mindset of somebody who, far from just testing the car for a magazine article, has to live with it every day, I can imagine the gloss wearing a little thin. The ride, obviously, is extremely firm and reacts badly to potholes and motorway expansion joints. Of course it is, that's the kind of car it is. But there are other uber-fast saloon cars that don't feel like they're punishing you all the time for not taking it by the scruff of the neck.
Then, stupidly, there's the brute power. It almost impossible to make a gentle, subtle overtake manoeuvre in this car, every time you pass somebody it's by an increment of forty or fifty miles per hour. Of course, most of the time you want to, but you find yourself doing it just for the sake of it. My passengers would become car-sick in short order if I made this a habit, which would likely prove inevitable.
And the economy. Again, it's almost pathetic that I should mention it, given the context of what this car is. But I couldn't get any more than twenty two miles per gallon (UK) from it. Yes, I was misbehaving a little, but what C63 owner wouldn't do the same? I reached my destination knowing that I had driven a great car, but also that it was totally wasted on me and on daily use on our cramped, pockmarked roads.
My return vehicle was a C350 Diesel, in Sport trim. This gives you an AMG appearance package that, although lacking some bonnet bulges and extra grilles, has more than a flavour of C63 about it. This one also boasted the upgrade 18" wheels, for an even more dynamic stance. Only when you take a seat on the rather more humdrum looking sports seats do you notice how special those little AMG details really were. The basic sport interior seems slightly dowdier, even when similarly equipped.
Start the three-litre diesel engine and there is absolutely no drama whatsoever. The sound is that of a heavy truck idling some distance away, a complex, multi-timbred sound, not unpleasant; certainly not by diesel terms. But of course totally lacking the emotional charge of that NASCAR-like C63.
And that basically sums up my hundred-mile journey home in the C350 CDi. No drama, no fuss or nonsense, just quiet, refined efficiency. But here's the rub; it's very, very fast. In real, usable terms, the big diesel demolishes journeys every bit as quickly as the C63 does. Overtakes are instantaneous, the deep mine of diesel torque seems constantly poised and ready to go. On the twisties you're never going to have even a slim percentage of the fun that's obligatory with the C63, still the regular C-Class Sport always was a tasty handler anyway. The C63 just guilds the lily.
If you could flick a switch and turn the C63 into a C350 CDi for when you're not attempting a flying lap, it would be pretty much perfect. For what it is, it's absolutely brilliant, and to play with every now and again it's never anything less than a riot. But I spend more of my time driving at 80% than 110%, and the 350CDi more than caters for my whims, even allowing me to go stark staring mental when the mood takes me.
It's not a better car, just an easier one to live with, which is freakin' obvious, really. But if your pockets are bottomless and you want every drive to be a frenzied attack to your systems, the C63 is everything you ever needed.
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Whether you manage a fleet or you're driving a personal car, having a crash is never a good thing. The important thing to remember is that these things happen – the main priority is that everyone is safe and well.
The next most important thing is that you get your car back on the road as soon as you can. This usually means auto body repair. When you're shopping for a reliable panel beater, it's really important that you get an accurate repair estimate. Unfortunately, not every business is trustworthy and some will charge you a significant deal more than it costs to fix your car.
Let's take a look at how to get the most accurate quote for the car repairs you'll need.
Provide as much information as possible to the mechanic, technician or panel beater who assesses your car. The more you know about the problem or damage, the more they will be able to give you a realistic quote.
Without a visual prompt, it is difficult for the body repair shop to estimate exactly how much of a bill you're going to face. Its always best to bring your car in to the panel shop for a quote as there are many factors that determine how a repair is undertaken and they cannot always be depicted in photographs. Especially when you don't know where to look. But if you have to email or text them some photographs make sure you get both close up and far back shots of the damaged area. A close up photo will show the depth and severity of the damage, while a far back shot will show the effect to surrounding panels and the exact location of the damage. As a guide, the entire car should be visible in the far back shot. It is also important to include a front and rear photo of the car for model identification as well as a photo of the ID plate (this is not the compliance plate). It is usually located under the bonnet or in the driver or passengers door jam. It will either be a sticker or metal placard that is mounted on the car body. This includes a VIN number and Build Date (Not Compliance Date), which will ensure accurate identification of your car. Besides, you should always photograph any damage that occurs to your car for insurance purposes. In this age of smartphones, you've got no excuse!
It's worth noting that getting a car body repair quote from an experienced panel beater tends to pay off. This is because they have a reputation to uphold and are highly professional in their work. An experienced panel beater is much less likely to over-quote you for this reason.
Another way to gauge the actual cost of your car repairs is to get a few different quotes and see how well they match up against each other. If you have several quotes that sit around the same figure and one that is far more expensive, chances are the average figure is the accurate one. It's also always worth noting what extras you are getting with your quote (if any).
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Rome is known by many names and not just translations into other languages. Rome has had a recorded history for more than two millennia. Legends go back even further, to about 753 B.C. when the Romans traditionally dated the founding of their city.
The city is Roma in Latin, which is believed to have come from the city's founder and first king, Romulus. In this theory, the history of the term coming from the founders of Rome, Romulus, and Remus, translates to 'oar' or 'swift'. Presumably because of its long life, at the time of its sack by the Goths, in A.D. 410, people were shocked that Rome could suffer. There are also additional theories that 'Rome' derives from Umbrian with the significance of meaning "flowing waters." When looking at ancient dialect maps, ancestors of Umbri likely were in Etruria prior to the Etruscans.
It was after this disaster that St. Augustine wrote his City of God. At any rate, because of its tenure, Rome has long been known as the Eternal City, a name the Latin poet Tibullus (c. 54-19 B.C.) used (ii.5.23). Rome has been called Urbs Sacra (the Sacred City). Rome is also called Caput Mundi (Capital of the world) and because it was built on them, Rome is also known as the City of the Seven Hills.
There are multiple theories that there is a secret name of Rome, rumored to be Hirpa, Evouia, Valentia and more. Several writers from antiquity have noted that Rome had a sacred name that was secret and that revealing the name would allow the enemies of Rome to ruin the city. Thus, when Valerius Soranus spoke the name, he was crucified in Sicily due to the danger of the threat.
"All roads lead to Rome." This idiom means that there are many different outcomes oir ideas to get to the same goal. It derives from the Roman Empire's road system which was located in the center with all roads connected to it.
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do." Like other cultures, the idea here is to adapt to your environment depending on where you are visiting. Match your behavior and language to the culture surrounding you.
"Rome wasn't built in a day." Great projects take time. Reading between the lines, this phrase means to be patient and persevere in building a masterpiece can't happen all at once.
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